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Scenario prompts 13 November 2024
Use the prompts to question things such as relevance, opportunity vs threat, if vs when, timelines, impact and responses. Consider multiple futures.
Today’s prompts are mushrooms, scent teleporting, stretchable displays, magnetic muscles, battery safety, 10 weird smartphone ideas, synthetic cells, AI-powered parenting, genetic discrimination, plastic-eating insects and 6 marketing trends.
Study the potential of (programmable) fungi.
When we live on Mars, we’ll make our cities out of mushrooms
Is fungus the key to human civilisation on the Moon or Mars?
Scent Teleportation Update: We Did It!
https://www.osmo.ai/blog/update-scent-teleportation-we-did-it
Scent Teleportation, a technology that captures a smell in one part of the world and diffuses it in another.
LG has a stretchable display that can expand by 50 percent
https://mashable.com/article/lg-stretchable-display
The display can be “freely transformed into any shape,” meaning you should be able to stretch, fold, or twist it as you like without damaging it.
Soft as skin, strong as steel: Powerful magnetic muscles lift 1000x their weight
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/powerful-magnetic-muscles-robot
This new material can adapt its stiffness, transitioning from soft to rigid, and vice versa. Moreover, this material’s stiffness is a mind-boggling 2,700 times that of traditional materials.
Scientists make mind-blowing breakthrough in battery safety with prototype that actually works when cut: ‘The battery continues to function’
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/scientists-mind-blowing-breakthrough-battery-104558429.html
One prototype remained stable after 300 charge/discharge cycles. Another one can astoundingly provide power after being cut in half or folded.
10 weird smartphone ideas from the golden age of handset innovation, from pop-up cameras to DIY handsets
Simple inspiration.
Scientists Replicated the Energy System That May Be the Secret of Life’s Inception
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a62847510/synthetic-cells-life-inception/
Synthetic cells could mimic the first sparks that led to our existence.
AI-powered parenting is here and a16z is ready to back it
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/07/ai-powered-parenting-is-here-and-a16z-is-ready-to-back-it/
AI wants to help us drive better, write better, and diagnose diseases faster. Now imagine AI helping you be a better parent.
Genetic Discrimination Is Coming for Us All
Insurers are refusing to cover Americans whose DNA reveals health risks. It’s perfectly legal.
Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya
https://theconversation.com/plastic-eating-insect-discovered-in-kenya-242787
The larvae of the Kenyan lesser mealworm can chew through polystyrene and host bacteria in their guts that help break down the material.
The 6 Most Powerful AI Marketing Trends That Will Transform Your Business In 2025
Dynamic content creation, AI, search, video, artificial influencers, and privacy.
